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LessAspin

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7. pre-Elon
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 11:34 AM
Aug 2024

Twitter was a cesspool. Musk has turned it into 4chan on steroids

MATT TAIBBI IS FURIOUS THAT ELECTION INTEGRITY PROJECT DOCUMENTED HOW BIG TRUMP’S BIG LIE WAS

April 7, 2023/56 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election /by emptywheel

As you’ve no doubt heard, Taibbi went on Mehdi Hasan’s show yesterday and got called out for his false claims.

After the exchange, #Matty made a show of “correcting” some of his false claims, which in fact consisted of repeating the false claims while taking out the proof, previously included in the same tweet, that he had misquoted a screen cap to sustain his previous false claim...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/04/07/matt-taibbi-is-furious-that-election-integrity-project-documented-how-big-trumps-big-lie-was/


This was from over a year ago and to your point about Twitter the disingenuous and dubious claims Musk and Taibbi made back then seem mild compared to what it has become. Dis/misinformation and just pure hate speech is off the charts now. On a plarform that already skewed right..

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/22/twitter-admits-bias-in-algorithm-for-rightwing-politicians-and-news-outlets





https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/18/inciting-rioters-in-britain-was-a-test-run-for-elon-musk-just-see-what-he-plans-for-america

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